Film Showing: The Coming War on China by John Pilger Thurs 02 March | 19:30 - 21:30New Cross Learning283 - 285 New Cross RdSE14 6AS

The greatest build-up of Nato military forces since the Second World War is under way on the western borders of Russia. On the other side of the world, the rise of China as the world’s second economic power is viewed in Washington as another ‘threat’ to American dominance. In 2011, President Obama announced a ‘pivot to Asia’, which meant that almost two-thirds of all US naval forces would be transferred to Asia and the Pacific, their weapons aimed at China.